Parishes 19 Metropolitan archbishop Rrok Gjonlleshaj | Area 13,198 km² Cathedral Montenegro | |
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Population- Total- Catholics (as of 2012)631,00011,227 (1.8%) Established 9th Century(As Diocese of Bar)1034(As Archdiocese of Bar) | ||
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Bar (Montenegrin and Serbian: Barska nadbiskupija / Барска надбискупија, Latin: Archidioecesis Antibarensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Montenegro. It is centred in the city of Bar (Italian Antivari). It was erected as a diocese in the 9th century and elevated to an archdiocese in 1089. The Archbishopric was by Pope's decree abolished some time after 1140, until it was restored by the Serbian medieval Nemanjić dynasty in 1199.
The Archbishops regularly bore titles of "Primates of Serbia" (Primas Serviae), implemented as a permanent part of the title by Archbishop Stephen Tegliatti in 1475, since 1256 early on self-styled as "Archbishop of Slavians".
The archdiocese's cathedral is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Bar. Zef Gashi currently serves as Archbishop in the archdiocese.
In 1923, Traboin, Tuzi, Grude, and Klezna were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Shkodër. In 1969, the territory of the municipalities of Plav, Gusinje, and Vojno Selo were added to the Archbishopric from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Skopje.
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